NiCHE has archived 11 audio presentations from this event
This workshop sought to assess available documentary materials for
the study of past climates in Canada, as well as prioritize the most
important collections / datasets -- from the perspective of Canadian
history, the physical and natural sciences, and public interest
(policy). Participants helped identify how best to work with and make
broadly accessible this material, while identifying research strengths
and weaknesses in Canadian climate history. It was put on by the Early Canadian Environmental Data group.
If you missed the workshop, but nonetheless have an interest in
Canadian climate history, data, methodology or archival materials
related to its study, you can watch the presentations. Viewers will get
some excellent advice to aid in their research, as well as some
refreshing conversations regarding the importance of interdisciplinary
studies.
Citation: Pennesi, Karen. "Archiving Indigenous Weather Knowledge: How & Why?" Canadian Climate History Workshop. 24 October 2008.
Bio:
Dr. Karen Pennesi is an assistant professor of
Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario. In her work, she
investigates the role weather and climate forecasts play in different
sociocultural contexts including rural communities of Northeast Brazil,
and Inuit communities in Nunavut. Her research integrates theoretical
dimensions of linguistic and ecological anthropology in analyses of how
weather-related communicative practices are tied to particular
historical, social, environmental and epistemological contexts.
Abstract:
This presentation includes a discussion of the
motivation for creating an online archive of indigenous weather
knowledge as well as some practical issues of how to document what
people know and how they come to know it. The aim of the archive is to
facilitate cross-cultural comparisons and other research about patterns
in environmental knowledge at a regional and global level.
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